Vivre Sa Vie

The generous, forgiving humanity of Godard's third film still beats through

"...Jean-Luc Godard's third feature film, midway between landmark debut Breathless..."

May 14, 2010 Screens Review by Wells Dunbar

Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes

"...was made with film stock given to Eustache by Jean-Luc Godard, who had it left over from Masculine-Feminine and..."

March 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Faces Places

Celebrating faces in the crowd

"...with JR’s grandmother, and witness Varda’s attempted reunion with Jean-Luc Godard. JR reminds Varda of Godard in that he..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mommy

Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan creates a volatile drama about a violently hyperactive teen, his strong-willed mother, and the nice woman who lives across the street.

"...the prickly old man of the French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard. For all its temperamental gusto, Mommy clocks in..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

World of Wonders

Dispatch No. 2: World of Wonders

"...Jean-Luc Godard's best work in years is showing at the..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Side of Hope

Searching for a better tomorrow in Aki Kaurismäki's droll tale of immigrants and restaurants

"...silent comedians, Robert Bresson, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Sam Fuller, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Renoir, and more. Kaurismäki, along with his..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dames Du Bois De Boulogne, Les

"...written by Jean Cocteau. Praised by such filmmakers as Jean-Luc Godard and Michelangelo Antonioni, the film is rarely screened...."

Sept. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paris vu Par ... (Six in Paris)

Paris vu Par ... (Six in Paris)

"...D: Jean Douchet, Jean Rouch, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol (1965); with Barbara Wilkins, Jean-François Chappey,..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

Joyland

Tragedy in Lahore as wants and needs are sacrificed for propriety

"...New Wave, somewhere between the sociological steaminess of early Jean-Luc Godard and the compassionate distant observations of Éric Rohmer...."

May 5, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sharper

A stylishly smart and satisfying con artist drama

"...spontaneously dancing the Madison in a French cafe in Jean-Luc Godard’s classic Band of Outsiders. Here, the trio of..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Happening

Stunning French tale of a woman seeking an abortion is depressingly timely

"...A few years later in 1966, a character in Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin Féminin would describe this generation as “the..."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ruben Brandt, Collector

Pop-art animated heist flick puts collection obsession on display

"...lover and connoisseur of all things cinema. To quote Jean-Luc Godard, “It’s not where you take things from, it’s..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Times at the El Royale

Neo-noir hijinks gets away with being style over substance

"...Bros. style with Nineties-era blockbuster exuberance. It turns out Jean-Luc Godard was wrong: All you need for a good..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

L.M. Kit Carson: Film Frontiersman

The 2015 Texas Film Awards induct L.M. Kit Carson posthumously into the Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...in Jim McBride's David Holzman's Diary; helped McBride remake Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless; birthed the USA Film Festival in Dallas;..."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Brainquake

Sam Fuller's last novel is the perfect cap on his legacy of true-to-life, flamboyant, high-impact storytelling

"...Fuller is heard to be expounding, playing himself in Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le Fou. "There's love, hate, violence, action,..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Arts Review by Tim Stegall

Escape From Tomorrow

Shot guerrilla-style at Disneyland and Disney World, this surreal drama about a man's mental disintegration at "the happiest place on Earth" lands a spitball in the Mouse's eye.

"...the late Russ Meyer, the still very much alive Jean-Luc Godard, and Roman Polanski are cackling with glee over..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Year One

Jack Black and Michael Cera are comic wanderers through the biblical era.

"...war on both Monty Python's Life of Brian and Jean-Luc Godard's Hail Mary. The only people who should be..."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shine a Light

The Rolling Stones gather no moss in this Martin Scorsese-directed concert film that's playing on both IMAX and conventional screens.

"...Directed by: Martin Scorsese. Long after Jean-Luc Godard (One Plus One/Sympathy for the Devil) and Albert..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Paris, Je T'Aime

Eighteen short films by an international who’s-who of filmmakers make up this omnibus celebrating the joys and sorrows of love and Paris, organized by neighborhood.

"...New Wave. Sylvain Chomet’s “Tour Eiffel” throws back to Jean-Luc Godard’s jump-cut interviews but dissolves into the giddy story..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Page Two: Songs of Ourselves

As friends and legends pass, art and memory burst from the present and warn the future

"...boomers – "the children of Marx and Coca-Cola," as Jean-Luc Godard suggested – it turns out we are of..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

There's no such thing as a free road, there's no such thing as an objective documentary, and there might be no such thing as our 1,000th issue

"...In his film La Chinoise, Jean-Luc Godard has a character face the camera and say..."

July 16, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Cinematexas 2002 International Short Film Festival

The ins and outs of the Cinematexas 2002 International Short Film Festival

"...programs, devoted to the likes of Herzog, Starewicz, and Jean-Luc Godard, whose 10-part TV series, France/Tour/Detour/Two/Children, runs throughout the..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Late Marriage

"...on a par with the drawn-out argument sequence in Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt, except the squabblers are stout, elderly Georgian..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Short Cuts

Ron Howard back to The Alamo?

"...fest runs Sept. 17-22 and will feature works by Jean-Luc Godard, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez, and an appearance by..."

July 19, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Through a Lens Lovingly

A SXSW retrospective honors the work of legendary documentarian Albert Maysles.

"...best American cameraman" by no less an authority than Jean-Luc Godard, Maysles has received many prestigious career awards; his..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

"...Tad Horino and Steve Oedekerk. In England they're getting Jean-Luc Godard's newest – Eloge de L'Amour – right about..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Frontier Television

"...in a witty homage to French New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard...."

Oct. 23, 1998 Screens Feature

TIFF Files: Off to the Races

Reports from the Toronto International Film Festival

"...Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence and Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language. That title alone is enough..."

Sept. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Festival Snapshots

The Toronto International Film Festival

"...essential bedrock. While waiting in line for entrance into Jean-Luc Godard's new film For Ever Mozart, I have a..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hail Mary

Released in 1985 to a chorus of religious condemnation and social opprobrium, it's Jean-Luc Godard's most divisive film, which is saying something

"...of religious condemnation and social opprobrium, Hail Mary is Jean-Luc Godard's most divisive film, which is saying something. The..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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